Last week at the farmers' market I bought some Bramley cooking apples because the apple crops have been excellent this year so there's no better time to take advantage of a plentiful supply of delicious fruits. There are also splendid selections of good, sweet eating apples too, including some very rare Old English varieties, so I have been spoiled for choice.
With the Bramleys, I made a French apple cake which was simply delicious so I bought a couple more Bramleys today and also some very large conference pears which I also love. The afternoon has been spent looking through the cookery books for ideas to use the fruits as I would normally eat the pears as they are and although I like a good apple pie I thought I would like something different for a change.
There are dozens of recipes for using the apples in various ways either in cakes or desserts and I haven't yet decided which one I will use but I didn't find that many for pears. One idea I did have which I will try to see if it works is a pear and almond clafoutis. I can hear the French yelling at me now saying that I should use cherries or even plums but I'm afraid they're out of season!
So this weekend I will be busy in the kitchen and if everything turns out alright I will put the recipe on the blog. Next week I will buy some more Bramleys and will probably make an apple pie for Sunday dinner when Sarah comes to collect Eden.
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